Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

lemonjelly

Generali wrote: »

The whole cancer thing has been getting me down today. I thought the pain from the op was going to be temporary, maybe 6 months or something. I found out yesterday that it's permanent, most of it anyway. It's all a little bit too much today.

I woke up at about 4:30 this morning which probably didn't help. I went for a kip in the library and tried to understand an article in the New Scientist about quantum physics and paired electrons.

It turns out I am only human. Gutted.

Thing is Gen, human beings are amazing in how adaptable they are.
I've done many jobs where I've been visiting housebound people, very ill, terminally ill etc. What has never ceased to amaze me is the intelligence & the desire & willingness to overcome barriers.

So much so, that the most common answer people have given me to certain questions, is that they don't have a problem (because they've found a way around it).:)

lemonjelly

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Just had a phone call to which I replied cheerfully, "Hi Dad!" and ended up speaking to some kind man (sounded about the same age as me....) who had found my Dad's phone on a train and was ringing the last number in the call history.

Arranged for him to leave it with Dad's name on at a specific station.

Anyone would think my Dad doesn't want a mobile. He leaves it all over the place, regularly. Taxi, last month.

How heartwarming to have such encounters. There are good people out there.

lemonjelly

LIR just want to say that your post on pain is a cracking post!:T

michaels

Gas man not shown up yet. These 2 days off work were as it is school hold but also because I had booked builder to find roof and gas man. Builder said earlier in week he would be no show so if gas man also doesn't come then it will be a double fail

LydiaJ

PN, your entire posting style has changed. You seem so much more purposeful, happier and less stuck than you have for ages.

Looking forward to hearing all about your new volunteering and new watersport, as well as your new income streams, once you've moved into your own place.

PasturesNew

lemonjelly wrote: »

Brilliant!:) What volunteering are you thinking of doing PN?

Fundraising, standing at stalls.... not out on the boats
Selling pens and stickers to the public at open days.
That sort of thing. Land-based, waterside, with a good loo and comfy chair close by. Certainly not signing up for the call outs at 3am when there's a storm force 10 blowing and a ship's going down ..... having to pull on bright orange clothes and brave the weather.

I am not a hero.

Generali

Thanks LIR that's really helpful and quite encouraging.

I'm used to dealing with pain: "cycling is suffering" and all that. This is a bit different though.

I'm starting to get a horrible feeling that alcohol makes the pain much worse. I've read that can be the case with lymphoma occasionally. Oh well. I drink too much anyway and quitting would be better for my cycling too.

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

time

Oh yeah, I remember time. It's what I had before I had kids.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

Gas man not shown up yet.

When I was growing up, one common ditty was The Gas Man Cometh; it's from the 1940s or so

Words: http://www.iankitching.me.uk/humour/hippo/gas.html
Or watch it on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyeMFSzPgGc

100% safe for work and anywhere/everywhere.

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

Oh yeah, I remember time. It's what I had before I had kids.

No sympathy .... you chose to have them
You must have known the deal meant 24/7, 365 days/year for at least 20-25 years!